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It’s hard to believe the VLA Conference is just a little over two weeks away! The Conference Tote Bags have arrived, Presenters are planning their sessions, and our Keynote Speakers (Nancy Dowd and Hillary Jordan) are excited to visit Williamsburg! We have just a few things to let you know about, if you have already registered or are planning to register:
As our registration deadline approaches (October 11), we wanted to update you on a couple of changes to our program. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
• SESSION MOVED: Copyright Law and Fair Use Rights has been moved from Thursday to Friday, 3:15-4:00pm
• SESSION MOVED: Teaching Them to Teach: Creating a Formal Training Program for New Instruction Librarians has been moved from Friday to Thursday, 1:15-2:00pm
• SESSION MOVED: Scanversations: Introduce Yourself to Your Community will now take place on Thursday at 4:00-4:45pm
• SESSION ADDED: Literati Public: Improving Digital and Information Literacy throughout the Commonwealth, Thursday, 1:15-2:00pm
• SESSION ADDED: The Immediacy of Poetry: A Reading by Virginia’s Poet Laureate, Thursday, 1:15-2:00pm
• SESSION CANCELLED: “No” is Not A Dirty Word (originally scheduled on Thursday)
VLA wants to make a positive impact on Williamsburg, and will be collecting canned goods and other items listed here http://www.htcsconline.com/agencys.html for the organization FISH – Williamsburg Emergency Services. Please bring your contributions to Booth 609 in the Exhibit Hall, any time Thursday or Friday. FISH is also in need of paper grocery bags to disperse to their patrons, so if you have any extra, please consider donating them as well.
Please do not hesitate to ask us any questions. Have a safe trip to Williamsburg! We’re looking forward to seeing you there!
Click here for more information and to register
At the 2012 Annual Conference, President Connie Gilman presented Rebecca K. Miller of Virginia Tech and Megan Hodge of Chesterfield County Public Library with the VLA Presidential Citation. The text of the Citation read:
“In May of 2011, the Virginia Library Association Executive Committee received a petition, signed by 36 library staff from Virginia. The petition sought to re-establish a forum to engage and recruit new members to VLA. The effort was spearheaded, enthusiastically, by two librarians, one of whom was a recipient of the VLA Scholarship Award in 2009, and the other who had recently moved to Virginia. A specific objective of the petition was to ‘provide a wide variety of programs to assist, encourage, and educate those new to the Virginia Library Association and the profession.’ Through dynamic recruitment and creative social hours and gatherings in VLA regions, the New Members Round Table Forum has done just that. In 2012, VLA gained 190 new members. As we begin to collect memberships for 2013, we already have 82 new members, due largely to the efforts of the NMRT. To quote the petition once more, a goal of the New Members Round Table Forum was ‘to bring new vitality, energy and ideas’ to the Virginia Library Association, and they have exceeded that expectation. Please join me in presenting this Presidential Citation to Rebecca K. Miller and Megan Hodge.
Want to save time at the conference and buy your Schoalrship Raffle Basket Tickets in advance? Tickets are $2 each, or 3 for $5. Click this link, enter the total dollar amount and your tickets will be held for you at the Scholarship Raffle Basket table in the Exhibit Hall at the VLA Annual Conference. All you need to do is fill them out and drop them in to win! There are dozens of great baskets to choose from, and all proceeds benefit the VLA Scholarship Fund. You can also pay by cash, check, or credit card on site. All donations to the Scholarship Fund — whether via paypal in advance or at the conference — are tax-deductible.
If you can’t attend the conference but still want to support library students in Virginia, please click here to make a direct, tax-deductible donation to the Scholarship Fund. This year, VLA awarded $2500 scholarships to Zoe Dellinger of the Shenandoah County Library, and to Claire Covington of the Augusta County Public Library.
At the September 14, 2012 VLA Council Meeting, President Connie Gilman presented Barbie Selby with the VLA Presidential Citation. The Citation read: ”
In honor of her years of service to the field of librarianship in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Barbie Selby has been recognized both locally and nationally. According to the ALA website, Barbie was selected for the Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award in 1999, due to “her efforts to promote the visibility of Federal, state and international government information and to improve communication in Virginia among those who work with government information.” Her commitment to communication resulted in the consistent publication of The Shipping List newsletter, as well as relevant, timely and significant articles in Virginia Libraries. For her steadfast dedication to the sharing of information and her years of support, the Virginia Library Association presents this Presidential Citation to Barbie Selby.”
The 2013 Virginia Library Association Election of Officers has concluded. The results are:
Vice President/President Elect: Kevin Smith (York County Public Library)
Secretary: Marilyn J. Scott (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Congratulations to Kevin and Marilyn!
You can meet your new officers at the Virginia Library Association Annual Conference. Click here for more information: http://www.vla.org/?p=4430
Thanks to all who ran for VLA office. VLA appreciates your willingness to serve your association.
We need your help!
At the upcoming Virginia Library Association conference in Williamsburg, I will co-present the session “Redefining Audio: Making It a Priority” with Michele Cobb, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at AudioGo and the current president of the Audio Publishers Association Board of Directors.
We are gathering statistics on how audio books are being purchased and used in Virginia. To do this, we are asking Virginia library selectors, acquisitions librarians, and collection development specialists who purchase audio books to fill out a brief survey and answer questions about the different formats your library purchases, how much they circulate, and how much of your budget is allocated toward them. We recommend that you retrieve your most recent annual statistics report before starting the survey.
If other library staff members want to give their feedback on how audio books are being used in the library, we welcome those responses as well. There are questions toward the end that allow you to share your perspectives.
To access the survey, please click on this link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VLAaudiobooks
It should take approximately 10 minutes to complete the survey. Please respond by Monday, September 24th.
We appreciate your time and your support.
Elizabeth Hensley
Technical Services &
Collection Development Coordinator
Culpeper County Library
271 Southgate Shopping Center
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
540-825-8691
FAX: 540-825-7486
ehensley@cclva.org
The VLA Annual Conference is right around the corner! Looking for a hotel roommate to defray attendance costs? Check out the VLA 2012 Roommate Finder here and respond by 9/22. (The Roommate Finder is sponsored by the VLA New Members Round Table, but is open to all conference attendees.) Additional details are available on the form.
Thank you,
The VLA New Members Round Table Forum
http://vlanmrt.wordpress.com/
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